Black IssuesHomeAvenues for Loan Default Repayments Need to Be ReopenedAvenues for Loan Default Repayments Need to Be ReopenedDear Editor:Your magazine has reported the efforts by the Department of Education to crack down on student loan defaulters and schools with high student loan rates (see Black Issues, Sept. 16, 1999). While these efforts are commendable, there has been little scrutiny and criticism of the reality […]December 22, 1999HomeFocus on the FutureFocus on the Future Recently, a colleague and I compared notes about what, as kids, we thought we’d be doing at the turn of the century. I don’t recall foreseeing specifically what I’d be doing New Year’s Eve, 1999, but I do recall fantasizing about what my life might be like in the 21st century. Many […]December 22, 1999StudentsPreparing to Cross the RiverPreparing to Cross the River When I was growing up in Falmouth, Ky., I can remember my grandmother singing a song that put me to sleep and awakened me. The title of this song is “Shall We Gather At the River.” The final chorus still lingers in my mind: “Shall we gather at the river, […]December 22, 1999Faculty & StaffCreating Opportunities for Faculty ResearchCreating Opportunities for Faculty ResearchResearch is one of the most rewarding aspects of a scholarly career, but until recently few African American scholars have had a chance to pursue it seriously. Gradually, times are changing.Higher education’s sacrosanct route to promotion and tenure is navigated along the paths of teaching, service and research. Good teaching and […]November 24, 1999HomePreparing Teachers for Urban ClassroomsPreparing Teachers for Urban ClassroomsJacqueline Jordan Irvine is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education at Emory University. For more than 20 years, her research on the cultural context of teaching and learning and the development of urban teachers has lent new insights to educators on teaching in the nation’s urban school districts. Jordan […]November 24, 1999StudentsAchieving Career Satisfaction in the AcademyAchieving Career Satisfaction in the AcademyToday’s headlines are full of stories about the most vexing of problems in education. How to provide a good education to all students? How to close the achievement gap between Black and White students? How to prepare educators to teach students of color? What’s going to happen now that court-ordered […]November 24, 1999African-AmericanThe Problem With Henry Louis Gates’ ‘African World’The Problem With Henry Louis Gates’ ‘African World’The beautiful African coastline in Ghana is studded with the haunted vestiges of slave fortresses built by European nations over a period of 400 years. It is not unlike the history of the European Slave Trade in other parts of West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola, where more […]November 24, 1999HomeGrants & AwardsCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, Calif., and El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., have received a joint, five-year, $2.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to bolster teacher training.North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop and enhance academic […]November 24, 1999StudentsEventsDECEMBERDec. 1-5, 1999National Council of Negro WomenMillennium ConventionCrystal City, Va.Phone: (202) 737-0120Web: www.ncnw.comDec. 6-7, 1999The College Board’sOffice of Adult LearningNational Conference“College Students 2000: The Impact of Adult and Nontraditional Students on American Campuses”Washington, D.C.Phone: (212) 713-8316E-mail: oals@collegboard.orgWeb: www.collegeboard.comDec. 9-10, 1999The College Board’sOffice of Adult Learning National Conference“Delivering Online Courses to Adult Students: Options for Effective […]November 24, 1999Faculty & StaffHighlightsOne year ago, Black Issues began a column designed to give advice to help you advance or just to develop more expertise as you start or continue your career in higher education. Through this first year, we have received insightful and helpful information for both faculty and administrators.What has made it so valuable is that […]November 24, 1999Previous PagePage 405 of 431Next Page
